Flaming advertisement



June 12, 1923. I 1,458,526

' J. DE ELORZA LAMING ADVERTISEMENT Filed Feb. 15, 1922 Fmrent or:

Patented June 12, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrlcs,

JOSE mnLonzA, or MADRID, SPAIN.

' FLAMING ADVERTISEMENT.

Application filed February 13, 1922. Serial No. 536,326.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, Josr': DEV ELORZA, a

subject of the King of Spain, and resident of Madrid, in the county of Madrid and State of Spain, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flaming Advertisements, of which the. following is a specification. p

This invention relates to flaming adver- 10 tisements, in which on a frame, and prop-. erly secured, are fixed the'letters forming of the fire, the latter being very prominent.

These letters, thanks to an adequate installation of electric bulbswhich they 0on tain, will be illuminated with varying intensity, the brilliancy alternately increasing and diminishing, so as to produce the effect of a burning log fanned by the wind.

In order that the illusion,that the letters of the advertisement are'burning, may be complete, they will be provided with extensive grooves, appropriately and artistically arranged, through which the simulated smoke will issue tumultuously. "For this purpose, in the arrangement'fshown in vertisement will be in communication, by means of the different little jointed tubes which issue from each letter, with a large central tube, through which comes the steam from a steam-heating boiler, situated in any room of the building, onthe roof of which the letters are fixed.

as has been said, are like those of "a 'burn ing log, on being illuminated from inside,

and enveloped in Wreaths of steam to give,

, each letter F.

Thus the letters,'whose formand colour, I

they. are burning, thus attractingthe most interested attention of the {passer-by, who r 7 I will wonder if it is an original advertise ment or a real fire. o i

The working of the object ofthis invention is as follows; From the steam-heating boiler A issues the steam-collecting tube B which, possesses the, special feature of being closedat its extremity. C and per-. forated with various circular orifices D (in the annexed drawing oneonly) in its sides. These orifices are connected by tubes J and.

connecting with the tubes J at E are tubes 'K which distribute the'smoke belonging to J is the tube for conduct-- I ing the smoke from the accumulator B to the distributing tube E. i Thus the steam from the boiler, passing through the connecting tube,'escapes through theopenings in the said tube, passing directly through the pipes belonging. to the letters, and issuing finally, through the grooves corresponding to each letter.

The interior of each letter will contain several powerful electric bulbs I, suitably distributed. The intensity of illumination can of course be varied by using variously powered bulbs." I i Having thus described my invention, what Iclaimis:

Improvements in advertising signs, com]- the sketch, all the hollow letters, of the ad- I prising the combination of hollow letters of burnlshed glass, means for illuminating the interior with varylng intensity, the vari ous letters having the form of a log of I wood, and being provided with orifices for the escape. oisteam, to simulate smoke issuing from the whole, forming a. flaming advertisement;

Slgned at Madrid, in the county of Madrid, and State of Spain, this 14th day of December, A. D. 192

, I JOSE DE ELORZA.

Witnesses: i

MANUEL MARTIN, OSCAR S BIEK. 

